Senior Events Manager

We are looking for an experienced event professional who can immediately bring leadership, organization, and operational expertise to the Presley Paige Events team, with the potential to grow into a broader department leadership role as the business continues to scale.

The ideal candidate has:

• 5+ years of professional experience in event production, event management, experiential marketing, event design, large-scale installations, hospitality events, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience directly managing people , with demonstrated ability to lead, develop, delegate to, and hold a team accountable
• Experience overseeing multiple events or projects simultaneously from planning through execution
• Demonstrated experience building and managing complex production schedules, staffing plans, project timelines, and deadlines
• Experience managing event or project budgets, including labor costs, outside vendors, rentals, transportation, and other operational expenses
• Experience making staffing and resource decisions based on workload, project requirements, timelines, and budget
• Strong understanding of event operations, including production, load-in, installation, event execution, strike, and post-event processes
• Experience creating or improving operational systems and processes as a team or organization grows
• Ability to identify capacity constraints and proactively recommend additional staffing, resources, or operational changes
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to provide clear direction in high-pressure, fast-moving environments
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to coordinate effectively across Sales, Creative, Operations, leadership, vendors, and clients
• Strong visual judgment and attention to detail, with the ability to evaluate whether an installation successfully reflects an approved mockup, creative concept, and client expectation
• An understanding of scale, proportion, color, placement, spacing, balance, and overall presentation
• Confidence identifying when execution does not meet the intended creative or quality standard and directing the team toward a solution
• Ability to balance exceptional client service and creative execution with operational realities, team capacity, and profitability
• A proactive, solutions-oriented leadership style and the ability to anticipate challenges before they impact an event or the team
• Experience managing hourly, part-time, seasonal, freelance, or production-based teams strongly preferred
• Experience with event design, décor, fabrication, experiential activations, large-scale installations, rentals, or other visually driven environments strongly preferred
• Flexibility to work nontraditional event hours when necessary, including some nights, weekends, and early mornings

Someone successful in this role will demonstrate the ability to move beyond managing individual events and begin thinking strategically about the department as a whole, including:

• Team structure and future hiring needs
• Department capacity and workload planning
• Operational systems and scalability
• Labor efficiency and event profitability
• Team development and retention
• Quality standards and consistency
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Long-term growth of the Events division

We are looking for someone who can lead the operation we have today while helping us build the Events department we will need tomorrow.

• Valid US Driver’s License
• Working mobile smartphone with GPS capabilities and data
• Comfortably use common technology i.e. online calendars and chat programs
• Must be able to lift at least 60lbs
• Must be able to get in and out delivery van
• Must be comfortable on ladders
• Flexible availability (including nights and weekends)
• Ability to prioritize tasks
• Effective Communication
• Will…